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By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 17, 2012
Progressive could be the biggest beneficiary if increasing personal-lines rates trigger more shopping behavior among consumers, as the Mayfield Village, Ohio-based insurer typically gains share when rates rise, according to a Stifel Nicolaus report.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 7, 2012
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway more than doubled first-quarter net income as its insurance businesses turned in a net-underwriting profit of $54 million compared to a loss of $821 million a year ago.
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By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 1, 2012
Insurers know the power of advertising, so it’s no surprise that they are the producers of some of the best commercials on television. See our picks for the top 10 best commercials on TV, and vote for your favorite in the poll.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 1, 2012
The future is bright for those operating in the mobile technology field. Doing mobile right also means leveraging your previous technology investments—including legacy systems—to make for a meaningful connection to customers and business partners.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
April 19, 2012
The insurance world was waiting forever for the “killer app” that would make mobile technology worthwhile for their business when what they were really waiting for was the right piece of hardware—whether it be a smartphone or a tablet—that made mobile what it has now become.
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By Chad Hersh |
March 29, 2012
Mobile technology has to move up on the priority list for carriers that haven’t started on it yet. It’s likely that the iPad 3 will cause another surge of tablet sales. Smartphones coming out have quad core processors and the average consumer doesn’t even have a quad core desktop yet.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 23, 2012
Insurance-rate increases could extend beyond 2012 as insurers reduce their reserve releases and deal with deteriorating calendar-year underwriting profitability, says a financial analyst.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 1, 2012
Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance group reported a 30.5 percent drop in pre-tax earnings in 2011, driven mainly by $2.6 billion in pre-tax losses from catastrophe events.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 27, 2012
Read what Warren Buffett, chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway, has to say about his successor, his company’s insurance operations, the economy, and a newspaper-throwing challenge.
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By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 27, 2012
Berkshire Hathaway’s insurance group reported a 30.5 percent drop in pre-tax earnings in 2011, driven mainly by $2.6 billion in pre-tax losses from catastrophe events.
